Spontaneously regressing leukoencephalopathy with bilateral temporal cysts in congenital rubella infection

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 422-424

  Severino, Mariasavina ^a   Zerem, Ayelet ^b   Biancheri, Roberta ^a   Cristina, Emilio ^a   Rossi, Andrea ^a  

^a G GASLINI INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b WOLFSON MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Brain MRI; Congenital rubella syndrome; Leukoencephalopathy with subcortical cysts

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRAIN CYST; CARDIOMEGALY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CONGENITAL RUBELLA SYNDROME; CYSTIC LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART MURMUR; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; MALE; MECONIUM ASPIRATION; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; BRAIN; INFANT; ITALY; PATHOLOGY;

BRAIN; HUMANS; INFANT; ITALY; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RUBELLA SYNDROME, CONGENITAL;

EID: 84897023530     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0000000000000134     Document Type: Article

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